Icon of Babalon
$55.00
«Let him look upon the cup whose blood is mingled therein, for the wine of the cup is the blood of the saints. Glory unto the Scarlet Woman, Babalon… With the breath of her kisses hath she fermented it, and it hath become the wine of the Sacrament, the wine of the Sabbath; and in the Holy Assembly hath she poured it out for her worshipers, and they had become drunken thereon […] Thus are they made worthy to become partakers of the Mystery of this holy vessel, for the blood is the life. So sitteth she from age to age…»
Such are the words for the red goddess Babalon, written by the poet and magician Aleister Crowley in the 12th Aethyr of his “The Vision and the Voice”. But who (or better say what) is the so-called sacred whore of the Graal?
The mystery of Babalon in Thelemic metaphysics cannot easily be enclosed in a few lines. For She is a deity as well as a philosophical concept. A psychological pathway as well as a magical force. For everything is true as everything depends on the extent to which we understand it. And there is no better way to understand something than to experience it through devotion!
Daemon Melissyios, the artisan of LOGOS 373, inspired from the writings of the Great Beast, offers to all practitioners the icon of the enthroned Babalon, as an object of meditation, suitable also for thelemic altars and shrines dedicated to the red goddess.
The symbolism of the image delves into multiple levels of interpretation so anyone can read more than the obvious … Our Lady, wrapped in the scarlet veil that surrounds her mysteries, raises the Chalice where all men and all women will offer their blood. She remains steadfast and dominant seated on the triple seven (for «seven letters hath Her holiest name»), while behind her spreads the gathering of souls enchanted by the Graal. Seven heads as listed in “The Book of Lies” surrounds her. For they are the heads of the Beast: «the head of an Angel: the head of a Saint, the head of a Poet, the head of An Adulterous Woman, the head of a Man of Valour, the head of a Satyr, and the head of a Lion-Serpent».
Each copy of the original painting is printed on high quality paper (constellation flandra 280gr | 28 X 36cm), stamped by the artist’s sigil and personalised with the holder’s name. In order to preserve the good condition of the paper, the print travels on a full handmade wooden case (as seen in pictures), with velvet interior, bearing LOGOS 373 artistic workshop’s logo, and sealed with wax to be broken only by the receiver, for «a thing of beauty is a joy for ever» (Keats, Endymion I).
